Alex Mafi
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| birth_name = Alekisio Joshua Mafi
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|11|7}}
| birth_place = Brisbane, Australia
| height = {{convert|177|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight ={{convert|107|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
| ru_position = Hooker
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| school = St Joseph's College, Nudgee
| university =
| ru_currentteam = Suntory Sungoliath
| years1 = 2015–2019 | clubs1 = Queensland Country | apps1 = 16 | points1 = 0
| years2 = 2016–2022 | clubs2 = Reds | apps2 = 60 | points2 = 65
| years3 = 2018 | clubs3 = NTT Shining Arcs | apps3 = 2 | points3 = 0
| years4 = 2023–2024 | clubs4 = Rebels | apps4 = 21 | points4 = 20
| years5 = 2024–
| clubs5 = Suntory Sungoliath
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Joshua Alekisio Mafi born 7 November 1996 in Brisbane, Australia, is an Australian rugby union player who plays at Hooker for Queensland Reds in Super Rugby.
Career
After three years of First XV experience at St. Joseph's Nudgee College from 2012 to 2014, Bond University Awarded him the John Eales Rugby Scholarship to help keep him in Gold Coast rugby.
During the 2015 Season playing for Bond University he signed for Queensland Country for the 2015 National Rugby Championship{{cite press release | url=http://www.redsrugby.com.au/News/NewsArticles/tabid/581/ArticleID/15875/2015-Bond-University-Queensland-Country-squad-announced-ahead-of-Buildcorp-NRC.aspx | title=2015 Bond University Queensland Country Squad Announced Ahead of Buildcorp NRC | publisher=Reds | date=7 August 2015 | access-date=7 August 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808055347/http://www.redsrugby.com.au/News/NewsArticles/tabid/581/ArticleID/15875/2015-Bond-University-Queensland-Country-squad-announced-ahead-of-Buildcorp-NRC.aspx | archive-date=8 August 2015 | url-status=dead }}
Mafi earned himself a contract with the Queensland Reds for 3 years starting in 2016.{{cite press release | url=http://www.redsrugby.com.au/News/NewsArticles/tabid/581/ArticleID/15804/Queensland-Rugby-Union-secures-six-more-St-George-Queensland-Reds-ahead-of-2016-season.aspx | title=Queensland Rugby Union Secures Six More ST.George Queensland Reds Ahead of 2016 Season | publisher=Reds | date=28 July 2015 | access-date=28 July 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302173917/http://www.redsrugby.com.au/News/NewsArticles/tabid/581/ArticleID/15804/Queensland-Rugby-Union-secures-six-more-St-George-Queensland-Reds-ahead-of-2016-season.aspx | archive-date=2 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}
Super Rugby statistics
{{updated|3 June 2023}}{{cite web | url=https://www.itsrugby.co.uk/players/alex-mafi-35628.html | title=Player Statistics | work=its rugby | access-date=17 November 2022}}
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| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | {{Rut|Reds}} | 8 | 1 | 7 | 139 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | {{Rut|Reds}} | 13 | 1 | 12 | 370 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | {{Rut|Reds}} | 16 | 11 | 5 | 790 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | {{Rut|Reds}} | 7 | 6 | 1 | 547 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 AU | {{Rut|Reds}} | 5 | 0 | 5 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 AU | {{Rut|Reds}} | 9 | 4 | 5 | 397 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 TT | {{Rut|Reds}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | {{Rut|Reds}} | 2 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | {{Rut|Rebels}} | 13 | 11 | 2 | 634 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total || 73 || 36 || 37 || 3,147 || 17 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 85 || 0 || 0 |
References
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Category:Australian rugby union players
Category:Queensland Country (NRC team) players
Category:Rugby union players from Brisbane
Category:Queensland Reds players
Category:Urayasu D-Rocks players
Category:Melbourne Rebels players
Category:Australian expatriate rugby union players in Japan
Category:Bond University alumni
Category:Australian sportspeople of Tongan descent
Category:People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee